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Suburban Propane Partners (SPH) Competitors

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$19.00 +0.04 (+0.22%)
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SPH vs. RUSHB, ASO, TBBB, VSCO, PTRN, CSAN, SVV, NEGG, GRDN, and CWH

Should you be buying Suburban Propane Partners stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Suburban Propane Partners include Rush Enterprises (RUSHB), Academy Sports and Outdoors (ASO), BBB Foods (TBBB), Victoria's Secret & Co. (VSCO), Pattern Group (PTRN), Cosan (CSAN), Savers Value Village (SVV), Newegg Commerce (NEGG), Guardian Pharmacy Services (GRDN), and Camping World (CWH). These companies are all part of the "retail" industry.

Suburban Propane Partners vs. Its Competitors

Suburban Propane Partners (NYSE:SPH) and Rush Enterprises (NASDAQ:RUSHB) are both retail companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends and earnings.

Suburban Propane Partners has a net margin of 6.79% compared to Rush Enterprises' net margin of 3.73%. Suburban Propane Partners' return on equity of 16.12% beat Rush Enterprises' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Suburban Propane Partners6.79% 16.12% 4.14%
Rush Enterprises 3.73%13.29%6.14%

Suburban Propane Partners has a beta of 0.32, meaning that its share price is 68% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rush Enterprises has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Rush Enterprises has higher revenue and earnings than Suburban Propane Partners. Suburban Propane Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rush Enterprises, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Suburban Propane Partners$1.33B0.94$74.17M$1.4812.84
Rush Enterprises$7.80B0.55$304.15M$3.5115.83

Suburban Propane Partners pays an annual dividend of $1.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. Rush Enterprises pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Suburban Propane Partners pays out 87.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Rush Enterprises pays out 21.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Rush Enterprises has raised its dividend for 6 consecutive years.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Suburban Propane Partners
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Rush Enterprises
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

30.9% of Suburban Propane Partners shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.1% of Rush Enterprises shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Suburban Propane Partners shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.9% of Rush Enterprises shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Suburban Propane Partners had 6 more articles in the media than Rush Enterprises. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Suburban Propane Partners and 0 mentions for Rush Enterprises. Suburban Propane Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.29 beat Rush Enterprises' score of 0.00 indicating that Suburban Propane Partners is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Suburban Propane Partners Neutral
Rush Enterprises Neutral

Summary

Rush Enterprises beats Suburban Propane Partners on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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SPH vs. The Competition

MetricSuburban Propane PartnersOil Refining & Marketing MLP IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.24B$7.82B$7.77B$21.89B
Dividend Yield6.86%6.69%10.86%3.59%
P/E Ratio12.8418.3115.8432.78
Price / Sales0.941.081,443.4860.00
Price / Cash8.617.3836.3424.20
Price / Book2.223.604.444.65
Net Income$74.17M$485.39M$4.26B$1.01B
7 Day Performance1.51%3.56%2.22%1.77%
1 Month Performance2.10%-1.68%0.16%0.75%
1 Year Performance0.85%8.34%18.00%12.77%

Suburban Propane Partners Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SPH
Suburban Propane Partners
0.5754 of 5 stars
$19.00
+0.2%
N/A+1.3%$1.24B$1.33B12.843,098News Coverage
Dividend Announcement
RUSHB
Rush Enterprises
1.2285 of 5 stars
$56.50
+0.9%
N/A+20.8%$4.36B$7.80B15.968,040Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
ASO
Academy Sports and Outdoors
3.6828 of 5 stars
$50.56
-1.9%
$58.37
+15.4%
-8.2%$3.43B$5.93B9.7222,000Positive News
TBBB
BBB Foods
2.4019 of 5 stars
$28.56
+5.8%
$34.80
+21.8%
-10.6%$3.08B$3.15B0.0025,300
VSCO
Victoria's Secret & Co.
2.9613 of 5 stars
$31.54
+4.1%
$26.73
-15.2%
+12.0%$2.43B$6.23B12.0231,000Positive News
PTRN
Pattern Group
N/A$13.68
+2.3%
$18.11
+32.4%
N/A$2.35BN/A0.002,100Quiet Period Expiration
CSAN
Cosan
4.5128 of 5 stars
$4.34
+0.6%
$9.47
+118.4%
-44.2%$2.01B$8.15B0.0012,090Positive News
Gap Up
SVV
Savers Value Village
2.2803 of 5 stars
$12.64
+1.2%
$13.17
+4.2%
+36.6%$1.94B$1.54B54.3022,700Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
NEGG
Newegg Commerce
1.0429 of 5 stars
$52.79
+11.8%
N/A+293.8%$1.80B$1.24M0.002,200
GRDN
Guardian Pharmacy Services
0.7314 of 5 stars
$25.89
+3.8%
$27.25
+5.2%
+58.2%$1.58B$1.23B0.003,400
CWH
Camping World
4.1314 of 5 stars
$15.27
+1.3%
$21.78
+42.6%
-21.3%$1.54B$6.10B0.0013,060Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
Gap Up

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